Timber Accents - Architectural Eave Brace

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Suggested Retail Price: $159 per brace. Custom sizes & species available. View Brochure (PDF)

The Architectural Eave Brace provides a timber style accent that few can achieve on site for a realistic price. Craftsman, Northwest, French Country, Victorian, Mountain Lodge and Timber style architecture all find place for these unique features. Consider our pre-designed brace in Western Red Cedar or custom designs and species (Douglas Fir, Reclaimed, Redwood) available special order.

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Glossary of Timber Frame Terms (provided by the Timber Frame Business Council):

Brace: Any diagonal timber (permanent or temporary) that resists distortion of a frame.

Bracket: Block tenoned or pegged to one timber to support another.

Corbel: A block protruding from a wall to support the springing point of a masonry arch or a roof or floor member.

Eaves: The drip edge of a roof, often overhanging the wall Gable Roof: A double-sloping roof that forms an inverted V.

Knee: Alternative term for brace, but often implying a naturally curved piece, usually taken from the base-swell of certain trees, the presents long grain to both timbers being braced. Knees are termed hanging (if beneath the beam), standing (if above the beam) and lodging or lying (if bracing beam to beam).

Knee Brace: A relatively small, short timber framed diagonally between two members at right angles to stiffen their connection.

Strut: An axially loaded minor member in a truss or frame.